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the Missouri river between Omaha end
/ Council Bluifs was CONQUERED in. MH.
I Blounts OF Georgia, presented the confer
snce report on the postofiee approximation
oili1 announcing the inability OF the sonfar-
e4c5 70 agree on the bill. he moved that
/ the house insist on its disagreement and ask
q Eurtnsr conference. Agreed to-geas 188
nays l0l. Mr.. Crisp, Of Georgia, submitted
me conference report on the joint resolution
nov a Dill Tor the investigation Of tbs
accounts Of the Pacific railroad, and it was
agreed 70. Mr.. Triggs of Virginia, submit
eeu the conference report on the bill com
psLsetlng albert r. Emery for the CON
slrucEon OF an iron and steel testing
maehlne for the United States. The bilE
az 4t passed the senat appropriate soc, 600.
inns sun the house reduced to $63, QlO. The
conference report fixed the amount at $780,
~ 1he conference report was adopted
yeas 15l, nays IS.
WASHINGTON, March 8-House. - M.
Haynes, Of New Hampshire called up the
vetoed bill granting arrears of pension TO
Ihos. s. Hopkins. The house refused to
pass the bill over the VetO-yeas 452s nays
S6i not constitutional tW0-thirds IN the
affirmative. Mr.. Tucker OF Vicginia, sub
mltted the conference report on the Dill pro
V1dtng for the bringing of suits against the
government. Report agreed to-yees 1eoi
nays %. Mr. G3IpsVenor, of Ohio, called up
the vetoed BIZ granting q pension to sally
Ann Bradley. The house refused to pass
the Oil over the yeto-yeas 1z55 nays lz2i
not the constitutional tWo-thirds IN the
affirmative. Mr.. Adams, IF Illinois, moved
TO suspend the rules and pass the senate bill
authorizing the secretary Of war 70 accept
from the Commercial club, certain lands
known as High Tract, near Chicago. Illinois,
for military purposes. The motion vas
agreed to and the bill passed-i47 20 q. Mr..
Morrow, Of California, moved to suspend
the rules and pass the senate bill appropriate
ing $3.50, 600 for the purchase Of a site for a
postOfice at San Francisco. Agreed to. Mr..
Cox, of North Carolina moved to suspend
the rules and pass the senate bill repeaiing
the tenure of cfice act. The motion IVES
agreed 20, and the bill passed-yeas l72, nays
81. Mr.. Henderson, OF iowa, moved 10 sus-
pend the rules and pass the senate bill
=. Logan widow OF the late John A. Logan.
The motion to suspend the rules and pass
the Dill was lost-ye cas- l45, nays l63-not the
necessary majority. The senate amend
mentH to the legislative appropriation bill
were non COnCurEed IN. MF. BuEnes, Of
Missouri, under instructions from the COM
m1ttee on appropriations moved to sus-
pend the rules and pass an urgent deficiency
bill CHE bill apprOpFiates for dtheirncies in,
the postofhee department and $495 600 in
the treasury Department. for printing 81
and g certificates and United States legal
tender notes, 81, COO; Ia the department OF
justice, 5265, CO. and for the payment OF GER
titled claims, 1884, 255. Mr.. Burnes ex-
planned that the committee on apprOpria-
tons in no sense abandoned the general
deficiency bill. but thought il the part Of
ton whereby these appropriations for nee
essary objects might be made.
WAsHINGTOE, March 4.-Ihe last hours Of
congress, as usual, we're Gro Wded with busi-
ness. Several conference committees were
appointed. The clause in the pOstofics
appropriation bill for mails to south Amer
lean states, was stricken out contrary to
general expectation. OF tt 1908 house
bills which became laws 275 were of more
or less public nature; Of the remaining as
bills granting pensions or relief to
specially designated pers ns), 1856 became
laws without the approval o the president.
Fifty bills, IN addition to those which be-
came laws and those vetoed, were sent to
the president, bat were ''pOcketed' by him
on the adjournment of congress, and there
fore fsiled. 1he most important were as
follows; The river and harbOF bill; TO pre-
vent the employment of CJuViCt and alien
labor on public works; to open to settlement
the public land strip south of Kansas for
the construction of federal buildings at
Monroe LOuisana and Saginaw Aichlgani
the O'Neil labor aEbitrdtorg foE the settle
ment of controversies between state rail-
roads and their employees; the Morrison sur
plus resolut on; to annex part Of Idaho to
Washington Territory; for holding terms
Of court at Duluth Minnesota and OOrinth.
The Northern Pacific forfeiture bill; the
bill TO repeal the perception on homestead
culture and desert land laws were in confer
ence for long while, but the differences
proved irreoOnciiable.